I've got an issue with a sid box that I have been maintaining for a while. This is my workstation, and I have noticed a growing number of broken packages, unmet dependencies and conflicts. I have been using safe-upgrade for months now, hoping that it would work itself out over time. However, this hasn't happened. So what can I do to fix the problems without losing functionality? Below is the result of aptitude full-upgrade (forgive the cut-and-paste):
The following packages have unmet dependencies: xulrunner-1.9.1: Conflicts: xulrunner-1.9.1-gnome-support but 1.9.1.6-1 is in. texlive-base: Conflicts: dvipdfmx but 1:20090708-1+b1 is installed. Conflicts: texlive-base-bin (< 2008) but 2007.dfsg.2-8 is insta. python-zope.interface: Conflicts: python-zopeinterface but 3.4.0-1 is install. g++-4.1: Depends: gcc-4.1-base (= 4.1.2-27) but 4.1.2-29 is to be installed. Depends: gcc-4.1 (= 4.1.2-27) but 4.1.2-29 is to be installed. texlive-common: Conflicts: texlive-base-bin (< 2008) but 2007.dfsg.2-8 is ins. libcdt4: Conflicts: libgraphviz4 but 2.20.2-8+b1 is installed. luatex: Conflicts: texlive-base-bin (< 2008) but 2007.dfsg.2-8 is installed. libcgraph5: Conflicts: libgraphviz4 but 2.20.2-8+b1 is installed. libstdc++6-4.1-dev: Depends: gcc-4.1-base (= 4.1.2-27) but 4.1.2-29 is to be . ruby1.8: Conflicts: irb1.8 but 1.8.7.249-2 is installed. mysql-server-core-5.1: Conflicts: mysql-server-5.0 (< 5.1.45-2) but 5.0.84-1 . gcj-jre-headless: Conflicts: java-gcj-compat-headless (< 1.0.80-6) but 1.0.80. libsensors4-dev: Conflicts: libsensors-dev but 1:2.10.8-2 is installed. odbcinst1debian2: Conflicts: odbcinst1debian1 but 2.2.11-21 is installed. libxml-libxml-perl: Conflicts: libxml-libxml-common-perl but 0.13-6+b1 is ins. texlive-binaries: Conflicts: texlive-base-bin but 2007.dfsg.2-8 is installed. python-twisted-conch: Depends: python-twisted-core (>= 10.0.0-3) but 10.0.0-2. josm-plugins: Conflicts: josm (>= 0.0.svn2256) but 0.0.svn3094-1 is to be ins. libgvc5: Conflicts: libgraphviz4 but 2.20.2-8+b1 is installed. libmudflap0-dev: Depends: gcc-4.1-base (= 4.1.2-27) but 4.1.2-29 is to be ins. libxdot4: Conflicts: libgraphviz4 but 2.20.2-8+b1 is installed. libgvpr1: Conflicts: libgraphviz4 but 2.20.2-8+b1 is installed. kmymoney-common: Conflicts: kmymoney2-common (< 3.96.0-1) but 3.95.0+svn10693. libgraph4: Conflicts: libgraphviz4 but 2.20.2-8+b1 is installed. libruby1.8: Conflicts: libreadline-ruby1.8 but 1.8.7.249-2 is installed. kivio: Depends: koffice-libs (< 1:1.6.4) but 1:2.1.1-1 is to be installed. libpathplan4: Conflicts: libgraphviz4 but 2.20.2-8+b1 is installed. kmymoney: Conflicts: kmymoney2-plugin-aqbanking (<= 1.0-1) but 1.0-1 is insta. python-kde4: Depends: python-qt4 (< 4.7-2+~) but 4.7.3-1 is to be installed. Depends: python-sip4 (>= <none>) but 4.10.2-1 is to be installed. open: 916; closed: 1439; defer: 0; conflict: 77 : Remove the following packages: 1) ardour 2) dvipdfmx 3) g++-4.1 4) graphviz 5) iceweasel-gnome-support 6) irb1.8 7) java-gcj-compat 8) java-gcj-compat-headless 9) josm-plugins 10) kivio 11) kmymoney2 12) kmymoney2-plugin-aqbanking 13) libmudflap0-dev 14) libreadline-ruby1.8 15) libsnmp-dev 16) libstdc++6-4.1-dev 17) libxml-libxml-common-perl 18) mysql-server-5.0 19) odbcinst1debian1 20) plasma-scriptengine-python 21) plasma-scriptengines 22) python-axiom 23) python-coherence 24) python-kde4 25) python-twisted 26) python-twisted-conch 27) python-zopeinterface 28) system-config-printer-kde 29) texlive-base-bin 30) totem-coherence 31) xulrunner-1.9.1-gnome-support Keep the following packages at their current version: 32) kmymoney [Not Installed] 33) kmymoney-common [Not Installed] 34) libcdt4 [Not Installed] 35) libcgraph5 [Not Installed] 36) libgraph4 [Not Installed] 37) libgvc5 [Not Installed] 38) libgvpr1 [Not Installed] 39) libpathplan4 [Not Installed] 40) libsensors4-dev [Not Installed] 41) libxdot4 [Not Installed] Leave the following dependencies unresolved: 42) josm recommends josm-plugins 43) kdeadmin recommends system-config-printer-kde (>= 4:4.3.4-1) 44) kdebase-workspace-bin recommends plasma-scriptengines 45) kcachegrind recommends graphviz 46) lokalize recommends python-kde4 47) kmymoney2-common recommends kmymoney2 48) totem-plugins recommends totem-coherence Tier: Safe actions, Remove packages (10000) Thanks, --b